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A legacy on the court
Forty years ago, UVA’s basketball team rose to No. 1 for the first time, paving the way for the top-ranking teams of recent years.
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Groovin’ on Grounds
When we asked alumni about their favorite college-year bands, the answers ran the gamut. Here’s a selection.
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The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA
Amid the fervor of the Great War, UVA rid itself of a journalism school, and the pacifist it rode in on.
Spring 2021
Too Clever by Halftime: the pep band’s 30 years of scrambling on the edge | Why ’81 Still Matters | UVA Had a J-School? | Chainsaw Zen
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- Making Old Dorms New Again: The spaces that defined us first-year are getting redefined.
Highlights
Groovin’ on Grounds
When we asked alumni about their favorite college-year bands, the answers ran the gamut. Here’s a selection.
The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA
Amid the fervor of the Great War, UVA rid itself of a journalism school, and the pacifist it rode in on.
Pep Banned
For 30 years, UVA’s scrambling Pep Band managed to stay one punchline ahead of the authorities.
A legacy on the court
Forty years ago, UVA’s basketball team rose to No. 1 for the first time, paving the way for the top-ranking teams of recent years.
Two commissions take on a complicated landscape
UVA appoints a new group to reassess names and memorials on Grounds and another to reaffirm free speech principles.
Undergraduate application rates hit records
A few factors likely contributed to surging rates across all schools and from students of diverse backgrounds.
Making the most of a COVID situation
In a hard year, some UVA notables found comfort and escape in books, music, movies and the woods. Here are the good things that have helped them through.Video
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Ryan, Magill discuss the COVID Crisis
Our interview with UVA’s president and provost—from a distance.
Making the Shots
Go behind the scenes with longtime UVA sports photographer Matt Riley, from a day of fun studio shoots to an exciting men’s basketball game at JPJ.Photo Gallery
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The Stacks come crashing down
‘Hitting the Alderman Stacks’ used to be just a figure of speech. Here's a look inside the beginning of the 3-year renovation.
The camera sees what we can’t
Charlottesville photographer Andrew Shurtleff in late March made these dramatic photographs of Grounds under quarantine using infrared technology, which captures wavelengths of light outside the spectrum of what the human eye can see. The result is a high-contrast image with a nearly dreamlike look.
Quotes
Read MoreEverybody is at the table, and everybody is working together.
Craig Kent, EVP for health affairs, on the collaboration to find a cure for Covid-19
